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PEOPLE vs Josephine "Josie" Santos, et al

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JOSEPHINE "JOSIE" SANTOS, MANNY BALTAZAR, JOHN DOE, PETER DOE AND ROGER DOE, accused-appellants.

G.R. NO. 140074 | 2002-02-27

D E C I S I O N

VITUG, J.:

It is not unknown that a debtor occasionally would suffer from the malady of selective amnesia. The case is a tale of one unfortunate creditor who might have sought to rouse her absent-minded debtor from the haze of forgetfulness.

On 10 December 1996, at six o'clock in the morning, Leonida de la Peña was at home in Barangay Resurreccion, Umingan, Pangasinan, with her eight-year old niece, Christine Lovely Mae Delanos, when a passenger jeepney arrived. Five decently dressed men stepped down from the vehicle and entered the house. The first, who was attired in a business suit, introduced himself as Rocky...